Theory & Practice

Robert Capa: Death in the Making

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David Seymour Mother nursing a baby while listening to political speech near Badajoz, Extremadura. (From the Mexican Suitcase) Spain. Late April/early May, 1936. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour Woman making an inventory of the paintings in the collection of Las Descalzas Reales with two Republican soldiers. (Negative from the "Mexican Suitcase.") Madrid. Spain. October/November, 1936. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa After an Italo-German air raid. The Nationalist offensive on Madrid, which lasted from November 1936 to February 1937, was one of the fiercest of the Civil War. During this period Italy and Germany (...)
Robert Capa Members of the International Brigades, engaged in a house to house fight around the slaughterhouse, near the university campus, in the western outskirts of the capital. The Fascist rebels were moun (...)
Robert Capa Italo-German air raids were so frequent that many people spent all day near the shelters. Bilbao. Spain. Basque region. May 1937. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Collective farmers who supported the Republican cause. Aragon Front. Spain. August 1936. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Republican militiaman aiming a rifle. Barcelona or its vicinity. Spain. August, 1936. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Republican soldiers leaving for the Aragon front. The sentence written on the train means "UHP" (Union of Proletariat Brothers) swears upon these fraternal letters that you will sooner die than liv (...)
Robert Capa Republican soldiers helping women do the laundry for the troops. Madrid. Spain. November-December 1936. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa The Nationalist offensive on Madrid, which lasted from November 1936 to February 1937, was one of the fiercest of the Civil War. During this period Italy and Germany started helping the Nationalist (...)